读麦·讲演·人与媒介（1979）·038

Now, at the speed of light, there is no foreseeable future. You are there literally. It does not matter what situation you choose to consider. There is literally no possible future. You are already there the moment you name the situation. That is why in our age there are no goals. That is the reason for the streakers’ antics: they are protesting the disappearance of goals. Where are we going? We are all dressed up with no place to go. We think we have taken all the right school courses, studied the right subjects, but now it all seems pointless. Where do we go from here?

现在，在光速条件下，不存在未来。你真的就在那里。你选择什么情境去思考都无关紧要。毫不夸张，不存在可能发生的未来。在你陈说情境的那一刻，你就已经在那里。这就是为什么在我们的时代不存在目标。这就是在公共场合裸奔的人们的夸张噱头的原因：他们是在抗议目标的消失。我们将去向何方？我们都打扮得花枝招展却无处可去。我们认为我们已经选修了所有正确的学校课程，学习了正确的学科，可现在这一切似乎没有意义。下一步该怎么办？

按：在电子信息的光电速度条件下，只有当下，不存在未来，因而书面-机械式的目标也失去了意义。

书面-机械人习得了所有正确的知识，在光电速度下却失去了目标，近期目标或长远目标都没了意义，手足无措。

麦氏解释裸奔：人失去了目标，打扮得花枝招展或者一丝不挂却无处可去。